Vyazma Pocket

The Vyazma Pocket was an encirclement of Soviet Red Army troops in Vyazma, Russia by the German Wehrmacht's Army Group Center that occurred during October 1941. The Germans encircled four Soviet armies around Vyazma and the Soviets were cut off from the other Soviet forces by the encirclement. The 3rd Panzer Army and 4th Panzer Army destroyed the Soviet 19th Army, Soviet 20th Army, Soviet 24th Army, and the Soviet 32rnd Army, capturing 500,000 troops; the Vyazma Pocket was one of the last cauldron battles before the decisive Battle of Moscow turned World War II around.